'He who has the "why" to live for can bear almost any "how"' — Friedrich Nietzsche

This bar chart summarises the degree each of the Basic Human Motivations have potential in your life now (except the drives for Meaning or Survival which are not included in the analysis below). The bar chart represents the extent to which the Motivations are likely to drive you. Therefore your profile below may describe what you see as your current 'life' choices1:

Person AA

ref by Person BB

Basic Human
Motivations

Lower
Drive

Higher
Drive

Lower
Drive

Higher
Drive

Drive forMeaning

Drive for Meaning is never evaluated here

Drive forWisdom

Drive forCourage

Drive forCompassion

Drive forPower

Drive forPleasure

Drive forSurvival

Drive for Survival is never evaluated here

The results shown in the bar chart above are typically valid for at least 6 months. However, they may change sooner, especially if you go through a stressful, emotional or extreme experience. Note that the bar lengths have no meaning in themselves - the patterns are used to provide the descriptions in this part of your report.

Reflection: What is the one thing you want to do, and would do, if you knew you could not fail?

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The human brain goes through four growth stages emphasising different motivations:

‘Child Stage’ tends to be more motivated by Survival.

‘Adolescent Stage’ tends to be more motivated by Pleasure and Power.

‘Adult Stage’ tends to be more motivated by Compassion, Courage and Wisdom.

‘Old Age Stage’ tends to be more motivated by Meaning.

However, at any stage of life we may be at any level of motivation, and the environment often significantly affects the level we are at. For instance, it is not unusual in a modern or western society to focus strongly on Pleasure or Power.

Footnote

The Universal Hierarchy of Motivation profile above is a more complete assessment of fundamental motivations than found in typical psychological models such as the "3F's of Motivation" — Feeding, Fighting and ... Fun. The 3F's are important drivers in our lives and they correspond to the Levels of Survival, Power and Pleasure, respectively. However, they miss four other critical motivations — the ‘will’ to Compassion, Courage, Wisdom and Meaning. (Another ‘F’ of Motivation – Flight – also corresponds to the Level of Survival.)